Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
10th June 2013, 10:29
No doubt it'll be the usual white-wash 'we had no idea' bollocks, maybe the promise of an Independant Enquiry that will provide a more official / credible sort of white-wash.
Foreign Secretary William Hague is to give a statement to Parliament on allegations that the government's intelligence-gathering centre, GCHQ, circumvented the law to gather information on UK citizens.
Ex-CIA worker Edward Snowden claims US agencies gathered and shared phone records and internet data.
The chairman of the UK's Intelligence and Security Committee said the law was "clear" that ministerial permission would be required for such actions.
Labour said "assurances" were needed.
Mr Hague, who on Sunday said it was "nonsense" to suggest GCHQ had circumvented the law, will address MPs at 15:30 BST.
He has so far refused to confirm or deny claims GCHQ has had access to a US spy programme called Prism since June 2010.
It is said to give America's National Security Agency and the FBI easy access to the systems of nine of the world's top internet companies, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo and Skype.
All deny giving the US government access to their servers.
(BBC News)
Foreign Secretary William Hague is to give a statement to Parliament on allegations that the government's intelligence-gathering centre, GCHQ, circumvented the law to gather information on UK citizens.
Ex-CIA worker Edward Snowden claims US agencies gathered and shared phone records and internet data.
The chairman of the UK's Intelligence and Security Committee said the law was "clear" that ministerial permission would be required for such actions.
Labour said "assurances" were needed.
Mr Hague, who on Sunday said it was "nonsense" to suggest GCHQ had circumvented the law, will address MPs at 15:30 BST.
He has so far refused to confirm or deny claims GCHQ has had access to a US spy programme called Prism since June 2010.
It is said to give America's National Security Agency and the FBI easy access to the systems of nine of the world's top internet companies, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo and Skype.
All deny giving the US government access to their servers.
(BBC News)